

The Pennsylvania-based company said its desktop app is cleaner, more private, and faster than Google’s Chrome browser.ĭuckDuckGo also said that over the past year it has revamped its search results page to give it a more simple and modern design, and continued to refine and improve local, maps, and directions results. “It's not a ‘privacy browser’ it's an everyday browsing app that respects your privacy because there's never a bad time to stop companies from spying on your search and browsing history,” DuckDuckGo said. The DuckDuckGo browser will have no complicated settings, no “misleading” warnings, and no “levels” of privacy protection - “just robust privacy protection that works by default, across search, browsing, email, and more,” the company said in a blog post. A release date has not yet been set, but DuckDuckGo is currently soliciting beta testers. The desktop browser is in closed beta testing for the Mac right now, with a Windows version also planned in the future. There is a daily rotating wallpaper on its search engine front page that prompts you to learn more about the daily image if you click.DuckDuckGo for desktop is built around OS-provided rendering engines, which is similar to how the DuckDuckGo mobile apps work it will not use a Chromium fork as other browser offerings do. User Experienceīing's search engine is a visual feast. However, you can change your privacy settings to limit the kind of data Microsoft can collect from you. This data is used for targeted advertising and marketing. Microsoft collects data from its users when they use Bing and other Microsoft products. Related: How Do Search Engines Work? User Privacy There are three main factors that Bing take into account when assessing the content quality of a webpage how trustworthy is the webpage how useful and detailed is the content on the webpage and how easy-to-read is the webpage from a user perspective. When indexing a webpage, Bing is mainly concerned with its content quality and keywords. Related: Nifty Tips for a Better Bing Image Search Index Method These points can be redeemed for real rewards (just make sure you are logged into the device you are searching from). Frequent searchers are also rewarded-you can earn points for making searches on Bing.
